Neuromotor Immaturity in Children and Adults: The INPP Screening Test for Clinicians and Health Practitioners

Description

Available to healthcare professionals for the first time, this book contains proven screening tests to measure neuromotor immaturity in children and adults in order to provide a basis for referral and help.

Allows practitioners to screen for disorders of movement that can negatively affect educational performance and emotional function in children and adolescents

Assesses instances where disorders of movement in adults are affecting thoughts and behavior, as in panic disorder

Provides a novel approach for health care professionals observing aberrant reflexes in the absence of more serious pathology

Includes reproducible scoring and observation sheets for practice and serves as the perfect complement to Assessing Neuromotor Readiness for Learning

About the Author

Sally Goddard Blythe is International Director of The Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology (INPP) in Chester, UK. She is the author of seven books on child development, including Assessing Neuromotor Readiness for Learning: The INPP Developmental Screening Test and School Intervention Programme (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012), The Genius of Natural Childhood (2011), and Attention, Balance and Coordination: The A.B.C. of Learning Success (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009).

What is the significance of static balance and dynamic balance to learning? 10

What is the significance of postural control to learning? 10

What is the link between primitive reflexes, balance and postural control? 11

1.8 How Does the Vestibular System Work? 11

1.9 Primitive Reflexes 12

Why have these four reflexes been selected for evaluation? 12

1.10 What Evidence is There that Intervention in the Form of Movement Programmes Aimed at the Level of Primitive Reflexes Improves Reflex Status and Educational Outcomes? 18

1.11 What was Known About Exercises to Inhibit Primitive Reflexes? When was the INPP Method Developed? What has been Your Personal Experience Since then? 19

1.12 What is the Difference Between the INPP Method, Sensory Integration (SI), Vojta Therapy, Bobath Therapy and Others Working with Primitive Reflexes? What are the Criteria for Referral to a Particular Therapy? 20

The INPP method 20

Sensory Integration (SI) therapy 21

Vojta therapy 22

Bobath therapy 26

1.13 What are the Top Five Medical Diagnoses Where Referral to INPP Should Routinely be Considered After Checking the Reflexes by Clinicians? 27

1.14 Screening Tests 27

How to use the screening test 28

References 28

2 S creening Test for Use with Children 32

2.1 General Instructions 32

2.2 Scoring 32

2.3 Tests 33

The Romberg test 34

One-leg stand or Unipedal Stance Test (UPST) 37

Tests for ‘soft signs’ of neurological dysfunction: The Tandem and Fog walks 39

"This book is a good starting point for clinicians for assessing neuromotor immaturities. It will help you to understand the current neurological status of your patient and the need for further assessment, therapy or referral." Pregnancy and Paediatrics Faculty of the Royal College of Chiropractors Newsletter, February 2015